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29.4.12

We're not quite done yet....here's George

The final public event as part of NothingAboutUsWithoutUsIsForUs...is:

'Some Questions about Govan…

in honour of George Wyllie,'

Tues 1 May 2012, 6 – 9pm

An evening of films and conversation about people, power and protest on
the River Clyde, in honour of Glasgow artist George Wyllie’s 90th
birthday.

In a career spanning over 40 years, George Wyllie has made some of his
most celebrated works on and around the Clyde, including the Straw
Locomotive and the Paper Boat.

Highlights of the evening will include a screening of newly re-mastered
film ‘Wys?man’ by Murray Grigor (on George Wyllie), an historical talk
about Doomster Hill (the ancient moot hill of the Kingdom of
Strathclyde), Cinema Action’s 1971 film on the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders
Work-In, and a 7 minute film documenting ‘The Govan Raid,’ a 2011 public
art event by Matt Baker.